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James Gillray
1756-1815
Mars / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
[London] : Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 239 x 200 mm; plate mark: 249 x 200 mm; sheet: 350 x 293 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.665:3
Notes
At upper right: New pantheon, No. 2.
Plate no. 2 of a numbered set of 6 prints by Gillray caricaturing members of the Opposition party; set of caricatures accompanied by title page plate with title: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Plate no. 2 of a numbered set of 6 prints by Gillray caricaturing members of the Opposition party; set of caricatures accompanied by title page plate with title: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows George Walpole as Mars. He wears Roman armour with medieval greaves and a huge sabre; in his left hand is a large oval shield, in his right he supports a vertical tilting-lance, the head of which is cut off by the upper margin. His fantastic helmet is partly a cocked hat with a tricolour cockade; on it crouches a simian demon with webbed wings and long barbed tail, wearing a cap like the cornucopia, and spitting fire. Behind him is a gobbling turkey-cock.
Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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